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Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

# Wonderful animals

Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in the western part of Sichuan Province, southeast of the Kang-Tibet Plateau. Ganzi is a dream place for many people, how many people take wedding photos, honeymoon have come here, white snow-capped mountains, vast grasslands, deep lakes, go once will be fresh in your memory.

The ecological environment of Ganzi is so good that there is no doubt that there are giant pandas, Sichuan golden monkeys, Chinese hyenas, clouded leopards, money leopards, snow leopards, black bears, white-lipped deer, jade banded sea eagles, red pandas, yellow-throated mink and other rare animals in the territory.

A special-looking horse, also known as "four unlike", was found in Ganzi, Sichuan

Previously, in Sichuan Ganzi territory found a pair of Pegasus mother and child, the young Pegasus followed the mother to the forest for food, see the young leaves, they will feast up, really real eaters.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

The Tianma, also known as the Mountain Donkey and the Chinese Hyena, has a very special and recognizable appearance, with a long head like a sheep, ears like a donkey, hooves like a cow, and a mane on its back like a horse, which is why it is also nicknamed the "Four Unlike".

Dislike away 200 pounds of wild boar, relying on the momentum

Tenma mother and child after eating, they went to the river to drink water, when a 200 pounds of wild boar suddenly also came to the river, the mother Tenma immediately alert, began to push back the ground with the legs of the mud, a look to fight, the boar see it so, they went further downstream from it to drink water, as a mother, it must always be on guard, but if really dry, Tenma may not have a chance to win, but good to dislike each other away by the momentum.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

Young cubs targeted by lynx, female Pegasus flies lynx with her horns

Pegasus are solitary in nature, males are solitary and females are usually with their young. When in danger, they react strongly to stress and use their sharp horns as a self-defense weapon. Once in the forest, the female Pegasus took her young out to feed, but a lynx was staring at the young, making a predatory appearance, and the female went up and used her horns to topple the lynx, and the lynx got up and ran away.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

Stubborn donkey temper, yak snatched the grass, it also "door to door confrontation"

On another occasion, a yak entered the territory of the Pegasus and grabbed the grass, the yak was warned on the spot and left, and the Pegasus was so upset that it followed the yak down into the village with its cubs, confronted the yak in front of the villagers' homes, and then left in style, which is really "stubborn donkey temper", even if it was warned on the spot, but also to shout at the door.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

Young Pegasus killed by black bear, female not seen again after injury

One day, this pair of Pegasus mother and child as usual out for food, but unfortunately the black bear smelled them, the black bear's target is the Pegasus cubs, see the black bear rushed over, the mother Pegasus did not deal with the strength of the black bear, can only take the cubs to escape, but the cubs in the uphill slipped and fell, the black bear quickly rushed over to attack the young Pegasus, wait until the mother Pegasus rushed over to rescue, the young Pegasus is already dying, in the course of the fight, the mother Pegasus was also injured, can only quickly escape, the good thing is that the black bear did not pursue.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

After that, the ranger had not seen the mare in the forest for many days, and the probability was that she had met with an untimely death.

The character of the Pegasus has two sides, no more docile moment than when it is in the dry meal, like a small sheep, it mainly feeds on young grass and leaves, and occasionally eat a little wild fruit. When it is fierce, it dares to call out wild boars, yaks, and even take the horns of the top lynx. In addition, down the mountain into the wall, kicked the glass, this species has also done.

Pegasus is grumpy, does not like to be detained and reacts violently after being trapped

In Anhui Nanling County, a more than 100 kilograms of Pegasus broke into a kindergarten, kicked the garden window glass to break, trapped in the corner of the house, but also in that hit the wall, and finally the staff or capture through anesthesia, only to be successfully released into the wild.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

Tianma is naturally stubborn, like the wide world, do not like to be detained, if you trapped in a room, it will stomp, will hit the wall, the stress reaction is particularly strong, is a completely uncooperative performance, this may be its normal reaction to the closed space to make.

A nervous animal that would rather die than be trapped

A zoo in Jiangxi had taken in two injured Pegasus, a male and a female, originally wanted to give them healing, did not expect the Pegasus trapped not only did not cooperate with the treatment, but also kept hitting the wall, hitting the head bleeding, where the male Pegasus hit into serious injuries, resuscitation failed to die, in the autopsy of its body, found that this Pegasus body multiple fractures, see its determination to die.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

The female Pegasus not only kept hitting the wall after the collision, but also went on a hunger strike, showing a strong desire to die, and the staff could only prevent her from committing suicide through other measures such as injecting sedatives.

After that, many forestry personnel in the rescue of the Pegasus, if found not seriously injured, are basically released on the spot, so that it does not do excessive behavior, it aspires to freedom, only nature can give it a sense of security.

Pegasus belongs to the "nervous animal", very irritable, zoos can tame tigers, lions, leopards and other carnivores, but it can not handle the Pegasus this explosive temper, do not move "to die for the will".

Flying on the wall, a great skill, no less than the rock sheep

Folk rumors of the mythical story of the heavenly horse, the prototype of Jiang Ziya mount, although it can not be like the legend that can take off the clouds, but it can fly the wall. They can be able to jump nimbly between the cliffs, which is not at all a rock sheep. The big-footed pan like a sucker can be stable and steady on the steep slope of the mountain.

Two sky horses found foraging in Ganzi, Sichuan, scaring away 200 pounds of wild boar and toppling lynx with their horns

It is not only a master rock climber, running ability is not bad, the adult body can reach 80 km/h, which is one of the reasons why it is such a herbivore dare to live alone, after all, run fast.

Both sexes have black horns and are more widely distributed

Pegasus belongs to the bovine family, Iguanodon. The body length is 1.4-1.7 meters, shoulder height 0.9-1 meters, weight 85-140 kg, the whole body fur color is mainly black, mixed with gray-brown, limbs from russet down to yellow-brown, both sexes have short and smooth black horns.

It is mainly distributed in Gansu, Qinghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and southern Shaanxi.

Conclusion.

Although its life has ended, the material components that make up its body and the abilities contained in it will not disappear, they will be passed on to other creatures in a circular flow. It is born in nature, dies in nature, and finally feeds nature.